The New Orleans Saints did improve in several areas from Week 1. They averaged six yards per carry as a team with Pierre Thomas heavily leading the way with 110 yards on nine carries.

Third-down efficiency bumped up to 54 percent. But there were too many uncharacteristic instances for this offense despite the big yardage numbers. Five dropped passes and a pick-six from Drew Brees certainly didn't help matters. The Saints also missed a momentum changer as they settled for a Garrett Hartley 22-yard field goal late in the first quarter after Lance Moore and Jimmy Graham dropped potential touchdowns. Brees should feel pretty fortunate to still have his consecutive game streak with a TD pass intact as he only threw one on the opening drive. The offense put up 27 points and did keep the Saints in the game, but there's still something not right about a unit that torched defenses last year.